Training-machine.



C. L. HAGEN.

TRAINING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 001". 20, 1911.

1,064,968., Patented June 17, 1913.

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C. L. HAGEN.

TRAINING MACHINE.

APPLIOATI'ONTILED OUT. 29, 1911.

1,964,968, Patented June 17,1913.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLAUDE LAURAINE I-IAGEN,a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Training- Machines, of which the following is a clear, full, andexact description.

The object of my invention is to provide The scope of my invention willbe pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out the invent-ion, I provide a rectangular frame, in theside pieces of which are mounted a series of rollers, such as shown inmy aforesaid patent, over which rollers I prefer to mount distributingand wear take-up belts forming additional treads as well, and over suchtake-up belts I provide a tread or toe gripped belt of a peculiarconstruction, preferably formed with lateral slats joined by flexiblehinged joints. I provide means for independently taking up the slack onthe wear tread belts from the means used for taking up the slack in thetoe gripped belt. In order to reduce the noise of the apparatus, I mountthe rectangular frame on four posts, each terminating in a rubber orother elastic foot step. In order to secure a machine which will beadjustable, and have the narrowest possible tread when used for personsof various size, I provide inclined side posts having sliding therein orthereon supporting rods for side rails which as raised or lowered willalso be brought more or less toward the center of the apparatus, wherebya. short person with short arms will not have to reach as far out.

In order to make the device readily shipable, I provide such side postswith removable bolts to permit the same to be folded inwardly over therectangular frame. In order tojprevent noise, after considerable amountof wear on the machine, I provide Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 20, 1911.

Patented June 17, 1913.

Serial No. 655,827.

I a resilient means for bearing on the rollers tending to hold the samedown after wear.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan with parts brokenaway, showing my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side elevation withparts of the adjusting tubes shown broken away. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe apparatus looking from the forward end. Fig. at is a detailed sideelevation enlarged of a portion of the toe gripped belt. Fig. 4 is anenlarged end view of the apparatus showing the same when collapsed forshipping. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail on the line 5-5 Fig.1, showing the resilient take-up mechanism. Fig. 6 is a section on line6-6 Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a section on line 77 Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail,partly in section, showing one of the leg or post members.

As shown in the drawings, my improved training device consists of sidemembers 1, 2, joined at their ends by end members 3 and 4. In suitablebearings in the side members 1 and 2 I mount a series of rollers 5. Therollers consist of enlarged portions with intervening spaces. In thespaces of one portion the enlarged portion of an adjoining roller entersso as to provide a device such as described in my aforementioned UnitedStates Letters Patent.

In the frame I mount rollers 6 and 7, one at the extreme end and theother adjacent to a roller 11 to be hereinafter described, and I passover such rollers 6 and 7 and above the rollers a series of belts, inthis instance shown as three separated belts indicated by 8. They may beof fabric, rubber or reinforced fabric. The roller 7 near one end of themachine may be permanently mounted, but the roller 6 at the other end ofthe machine is mounted in a slide block 9 with which is engaged a screw10 passing through the end member 4, and provided on the outside with asliding locking pin 11 which, as indicated in Fig. 6, normally engages astaple 12.

In order to take up the tension on the treadmill belts 8 the pin 11 islifted from its staple, and the screw rotated to secure the take-up andthen the pin is dropped back into position, so that the screw will belocked thereafter against vibration. A roller 11 is provided at theopposite end of the machine from the take-ups for the belts 8. Theroller 11 is provided with similar take-up mechanism to that described,and shown in Fig. 6.

Over and around one side of the roller 11 and over and around one sideofthe roller 6 I pass a toe gripped belt 12. The toe gripped belt ispreferably formed of fabric, crash being an example, and is sewntogether as indicated in Fig. l at 13 and 14:, leaving chamberedsections between the sewing, into which I pass slats of wood or othermaterial 15.

To support the frame I provide posts 16, each secured at its upper endto a plate 17 attached to one of the side members 1 and 2. The post 16projects above the side members, and each post is provided with two boltholes, through which are passed bolts 17 and 18, bolt 18 being providedwith a winged hand nut 19, so that it may be readily movable. The bolts17 and 18 as well as being secured to the upper ends of the posts 16,also pass through tubular posts extending obliquely to the vertical. Thetubular posts are indicated at 20. The bottom of each post 16 I supplywith a resilient cushion 21 preferably of rubber. Side rails 22 are alsoprovided, having at each of their ends solid rods 23 pierced byprojections 24 at various distances, so that the side rails may beraised, and their solid rods 23 slid in the oblique tubular posts 20 togive a variation of height, and a variation at the same time of spacebetween the side rails. A pin 25 may be used to hold the post 23 in itsadjusted position, with regard to the hollow tubular post 20.

In view of the rollers and the wear resisting tread belts 8, there willbe no tendency for the user to sink to any extent into the space holesbetween the rollers. There will be no tendency for the toe gripped beltto sink below a normal and substantially single plane. At the same timethe user will get the benefit of all the rolls acting in unison, and alldoing very little work at a given time, whereby great quietness and easeof operation may be secured. Any de gree of extra stress on the beltsdesired may be secured by tightening up the belts 8. Both sets of beltsin view of their adjustment at the opposite ends of the machine, may beadjusted independently. As the rolls wear their bearings in practicetending to cause a rattle and noise, I provide along the side members 1and 2 a strong but small wire or flat spring 26 causing it to bearlightly on the top of each roll by means of pins 27 secured to the sideframe, and bearing on the wire or flat spring at an intermediateposition.

In carrying out this invention, details of construction may be variedfrom those shown, andryet the essence of the invention be retained; someparts might be employed without others, and new features thereof mightbe combined with elements old in the art in diverse ways, although theherein described type is regarded as embodying substantial improvementsover such modifications.

As many changes could be made in the above construct-ion, and manyapparently widely different embodiments of the invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense. Itis furthermore desired to be understood that the language used in thefollowing claims is intended to cover all the generic and specificfeatures of the invention herein described, and all statements of thescope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said tofall therebetween.

I claim as my invention:

1. The herein described training machine, comprising a frame, rollerstherein, a treadmill belt passing over said rollers, a toe gripped beltsuperposed and inclosing the rollers and treadmill belt.

2. The herein described training machine, comprising a frame, rollerstherein, a tread mill belt passihg over said rollers, a toe gripped beltsuperposed and inclosing the rollers and treadmill belt, the treadmillbelt passing around a roller intermediate of the ends of the apparatus,and take-up means for adjusting the tension on each belt independentlyof the other.

3. The herein described training machine, comprising a frame, rollerstherein, a treadmill belt passing over said rollers, a toe gripped beltsuperposed and inclosing'the rollers and tread mill belt, the treadmillbelt passing around a roller intermediate of the ends of the apparatus,and take-up means for adjusting the tension on each belt independentlyof the other, and take-up mechanism consisting of guide blocks, a screwtake-up means, a pin sliding in the head thereof, and a staple'ada'ptedto be interlocked by said pin.

4. The herein described training apparatus consisting of a frame, atreadmill apparatus, oblique posts extending upwardly and outwardly fromsaid frame, adjustable side rails carried thereby adapted to be securedin adjustable positions on said oblique posts.

5. The herein described training apparatus consisting of a frame, atreadmill apparatus, and oblique posts extending upwardly and outwardlyfrom said frame, adjustable posts and side rails carried thereby adaptedto be secured in adjustable positions on said oblique posts, the bottomends of said oblique posts having a removable bolt and a pivot bolt,whereby the oblique posts may be turned inwardly one on the other.

6. The herein described training machine consisting of a frame, rollstherein, a toe gripped belt upon the rolls, consisting of at least twofabrics secured together at different distances, slats inserted betweenthe fabric, between the points at which the fabric is secured together.

7. The herein described training apparatus consisting of a frame,rollers therein, a treadmill belt over said rollers, a resilient wire orflat spring takeup device secured to the frame and bearing upon therollers.

8. The herein described training appara- 15 tus consisting of a frame,rollers therein, a treadmill belt over said rollers, a resilient wire orflat spring take-up device secured to the frame and bearing upon therollers, said take-up device consisting of a resilient 20 wire or fiatspring bearing on the rollers with a pin bearing upon the wire or flatspring intermediate of the rollers.

Signed at New York city, New York.

CLAUDE LAURAINE HAGEN.

Witnesses F. VARREN \VRIGHT, FRED FRANCIS WEISS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

